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Zen Under the Gun
Four Zen Masters from Turbulent Times
J.C. Cleary

Jan 2010
Trade Paper
$16.95 US ($22.00 CAN)
978-0-86171-592-3 | 9780861715923
0-86171-592-6 | 0861715926
240 pp
24 per carton
Philosophy & Spirituality
RELIGION
Buddhism/Zen (see also PHILOSOPHY/Zen)
Winter 2010
Imprint Rights: W* (excludes United Kingdom & Ireland, Australia & New Zealand)
Title Rights: W* (excludes United Kingdom & Ireland, Australia & New Zealand)
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Published by Wisdom Publications

Description:
This book, from one of the pioneering and preeminent translators of Zen for the West, presents a selection of Zen lessons from four teachers in four successive generations. More than just a book on Zen philosophy, Zen Under the Gun spans the turbulent period in Chinese history from the last generation of the Song dynasty (overthrown by the Mongols in 1279) to the first generation of the Ming dynasty (which drove out the Mongols, and proclaimed its own reign in 1368). These four Zen masters were all eminent public teachers, and their teaching words reflect the state of China and the art of Zen in their time.

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